Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 18, 1912, Page 1

e oL 1 HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1912. | CONDUCTOR PETERSON BUYS A real estate deal was consummat- Hlunn I" E“ ed this morning whereby Conductor N. F. Peterson purchased of Mayor EH WAS BEB“N S. L. A. Clonts the vacant lot ad- joining the latter's residence on A] "ufl“ Innuy North Florida avenue, the considera- tion being $1,200 cash. Mr. Peterson expects within a few 5T OF ROOSEme weeks to commence the erection of a QVENE? 135 T0 SUBSTITUTE AMENDED 30LL CALL DE DEFEATED. nine or ten-room home on his prop- {erty, which, when completed, will be equipped with all modern conveni- j,h{io’.‘el'n Nommated for: land commodious home TAHPA TO VOTE s Position This Aftermoon, | Tampa will vote on Aug 20 on| vote Not Yet Taken. 31,700,000 publi mprovement | Al bonds A, Chicago, June 13 wor o yelis Trom rival | .ndly shouts of State . fiteenth Republican | on began its history : noon today. There disorder that has Y WAL BOIGS INSTALLED AT MANY POINTS N THE CITY Lakeland has another metropolitan atter the gavel had wamons to the delegates, .on obtained and Chap- repeated his improvement thirteen city mail boxes having been erected at differ- if ent parts of the city yesterday after- y ulter this expression I noon for the reception of mail. These 'nn\\--\a-r, developments nots from a rapid fire gun. boxes are located at the intersection of the following streets and avenues: ot Missouri, the .HOUSQ\'&‘" Massachusetts avenue and Main By: 1cader, rose to a qul.-.snmll o: in- atheet. e took he platform N o] ‘“}" o | Florida avenue and Main street '3 l; r;lu:.‘ the Taft floorl Tennessee avenue and Lemon ol wdlana, e street. swed Hadley to the plat-|® ME T gaet0 LR D | Kentucky avenue and Orange street. Towa avenue and Orange street Florida avenue and Lime street. New York avenue and Lime street. Kentucky avenue ard Pine strect, Kentucky avenue and Oak street. lowa avenue and Oak street. Tennessee avenue and Bay street. Florida avenue and Peachtree street. Missouri avenue and Orange street Patrons of the mall boxes will be interested in the hours of collection, names of certain dele-| Which will be as follows: ot tiarios -wibstitated. | Leave postoffice 6:01 a. m.; return it was sustained. Rose [6:30 a. m, R imced he would give Had- Teave postoffice 7:01 p. m.; nititos [ 7:30 p. m t Fort, of New Jersey, and | Everybody is reminded to always ! was called to the ! Place a 2-cent stamp on letters for was given | I-akeland, as under the city delivery system all letters for city delivery | must bear a 2-cent stamp. Failure to place the additional cent on a let- ter causes much delay in the mail matter New York, rose to a rder Delegates and spec- «d forward expectantly. In Hadley asked if the rary roll call had been pre- bured T Taft floor leader met the uery by raising the point of order b 20 business was in order until e cu.ention organized. There were foud < heers Voloe, tairman ruled Watson's point +t Hadley then moved that ry roll be amended by re- return g ! vach side on the entative Payne ummoned by the round debate trans- of cheers noof the argu- mission of such thers, Chairman MR ol order Had- _ L e GAPT. GIBSON DIED ot AT JAGKSOMVILLE ToDAY } at confusion, heing scarcely i 4 (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, Fla., June 18 —Capt "W T. Gibson, one of the best known able, Both | S'eamboat men in the south died declared out | Fere this morning, after a stroke of sented the i apoplexy. T '-»mpurar_\‘; vention. In op-! . of Wisconsin, ppenled from 3 sion Watson PENNSYLVANIA GIRL B MiGovern for r»m-]leln the Distinction of Being the S | First Female Wireless Opentot Vew York, second- | Y | m auoted acom-| pittshurg Penn., July 18.—A girl ni. g, . .0 Roosevelt oncelof washington county, and a former E ‘aused great | resident of Pittsburg, will have the followed Hedges s nomination and prolonged cheer- nson, of Califor- ! MGovern's nomi- honor of being the first woman wire- less operator in the United States. Word has just been received here that Miss Mabe] Kelso. a daughter of John Kelso, of Hickory, this coun- ty, and formerly a stenographer for i vote on the|the E. H. Lewis Lumber Co., of Pitts- Bip had fl‘"lburs will, on July 1, sail from Seat- tle Wash,, for Alaska ports as a wire- less operator aboard the steamship Marlposa, of the Alaska Steamship Co. INVESTIGATION OF RATES ON LOCAL TRANSPORTATION (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 18.—The com- June 18 —Be.! " racbner, a puror, . X f ¥ nd was car- sy L @ Miste alw;s[ * wah hnar- —— CONGRESS v Eaji}'.cx.u’sl-:. —Congress © “riipse during Senate per- inutes ey. investigation into the rates and reg- ulations applying portation of hard coal : cite roads embarked in the so-called 152t no busi-| “Hard Coal trust” will be respond- eints in the proceedings { ences and will be a very comfortable $1,700.000 BONDS. | 5 o : merce commissior today ordered an! to railroad trans-! All anthra-f VICTOR ROSEWATER, ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLIC. AN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Photo by American Press Assoclation SENATOR JOSEPH M. DIXON. WAST THRONG OF VISITORS CROWD CONVENTION CITY (By Assoclated Press.) Chicago, June 18 - The number i | convention visitors in Chicago is ¢ | timated @t 10000, Every hotel in | the down-town distriet is crowded Deminant everywhere there is an a yiooexcitement and expectaney os [ 110 first day's proceeding. The gen- | ;v al opinion preveils that the sta Lis get for the most interesting tof the kind within memory. The « vention was called 1o order SHAKERS TO BE TRIED AGAIN THIS WEEK Kissimmee, June 18 It ttood that the famous Shik: a which attracted state-wide attent to Kissimmee at the last term of 1} Cirenit Court here last fall. =« again come before the Circuit ¢ o which convenes today. The case was one of unusual in' est, wherein Egbert Gillett and Eli/: beth Sears were charged with poiv! ing Sadie Marchant at the S colony, near Ashton, last fall case terminated in Gillett being hold for this term of the court under & tond of $7.500, which he promptis secured. To those not familiar with the 4 it might be added that Egbert Gill-t and Elizabeth Sears were with administering chloroform to “a- ¢ie Marchant, an invalid at the Shal er colony, last fall, supposed, | purpose of easing her painles- ¢ from the world. The matter was brought to the mnotice of the zrand | jury. but they failed to find a 174 bill. State's Attorney J (. Jor | then asked that Gillett b+ tor the grand jury of this 1 case was tried before Judz Titusville, Oct. 24, 1911 ar 3iis jlett’s bond was fixed ar ¥ Elizabeth Sears relcased. ] ii', will come before this term "o donbt prove interesting ! 1 charzed J. M. Brown, Fort Mead = m: i | was arrested by Sheriff ogan ¥ | |da.“ for conducting a blind tiz: Prominent Figures in Chicago Convention | arms, [ the “explosive s | dom @ by Clinedinst HON. WILLIAM B. M'KINLEY. WARREN G. HARDING, WHO WiLL PRESENT PRESIDENT TAFTS NAME. " [SCENES THAT MARRED OPENING OF GREAT CONVENTION TODAY (By Associated Press.) Cotvention Hall, June 18 - Keen tor ¢ oitement they thought awaited Mem on the battle ground of the Republican torces, delegates and spectators of the national convention [ began 1o file band blared out there wis running to uu! o'clock 'l H']nIl' ait i usher argeant and the ro ol burly form: ot Chi cago policemen lovmed at trecquent that hour it seemed hadnot been brought intervals, but « into the convention hall from the ho- tels and headguarter Soon after Legan entering the hall in large num- bers and the soft click of the secret sounders of the newspa cperators, ticking off the news to rinety million Americans and to for- cign lands, began to be audible Chairman Victor Rosewater of the national committee appeared on the platform at 11:15 The convention was called to or- der at 12:02 Silence was secured at 12:15 and a photograph of the con- vention was taken. The opening prayer was by Rev.| J. F. Callaghan, of St. Malachy’s Ro- | wan Catholic church The prayer of Father was as follows “In the name of the of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen. “Oh, Almighty Eternal and all- wise God, direct all our actions by Thy holy inspirztion, so that every prayer and every work of ours may | always begin from Thee, and by Thee | be happily ended. through Jesus Christ our lord who taught us to pray. “Our Father, who art hallowed be Thy name come. Thy will earth as it is in heaven. Give n day our daily bread, and forgive C‘allahan in heaven, Thy king- be done on 8 this our irespasses as we forgive those who trespass against And lead |15 not into temptation, hur deliver us from evil, amen 11 oclock the delegates | per telegraph | Father, and | No. 108. SPARKMAN AT HOME. Times-Union Bureau, Tampa, June 16.—Congressman S. M. Sparkman arrived yesterday from Washington. and will spend the coming week here attending to business matters which need his attention. Referring to the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, which is still before the joint confer- ence of house and senate, Mr. Spark- | j man said he anticipated little change projects Mr. Sparkman says he eapecis this SOSSI0n o congress to last unti] Ih‘ ;lnlm part o at least | duly Speaking u" the tion as rozatds the Chicago conven- tion, Mr Republican situa- worli tor be at all surprised to see IRoc welt bolt his party in | il fatl to by noninated { 'WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE PLANK - I TFORM WILL BE | OPPOSED BY WOMEN By Associated Press.) Chneag,o June 18 An interesting "'.-‘:dv" fight loomed up in the nation- {ab convention prozram today when it was announced that the anti-suf- fragists would oppose the effiorts of the women who wish the right to voty to have a suftrage plank placed tn the Republican platform. The tight 15 being led by Mrs. Arthur New York, anti-suffrage Dodge, of L secpetary SHOOTS SWEETHEART TO DEATH, THEN SUICIDES. Salisbury, N, ¢, June 18 - An- gered, it is claimed, by a second re- jection of his proposal of marriage, Frank D. Chunn, aged 23, shot and instantly killed Miss Burnadette Rousche, aged 19, here last night in the presence of her sister, and then committed suicide. Both families are well known in this community. The shooting occurred at the home of the girl's uncle, J. X. Rousche, ed- ftor of the Salisbury Post, where Chunn and Miss Rousche had stopped together with Miss Hortense Rousche and a Miss Gable, on their way from church o dead girl's sister had gone in search of a drink, leaving the others on the tront porch. When a few feet away they heard revolver shots Upon rushing back they were confronted by Chunn, who ordered them to zet bk Then he placed Pt pistol ot i head and fired. The hody of the doiad eir) was tound his side into the Coliseum at m; ESIENI]ZJHHEMENS 10 START.REAL RACE WAR (By As: June I8 | Consul Holaday recerved sociated Press ) United State a letter 1o ral, Estenoz, name of humanity conduct of Santiago, Iday from the rebel ger protesting in the against the FoOVernmen troops, whom he charges with brotal coneerns if the ities against negroes not in the revolution, [alleged atrocities be compelled, to start a real race war. He under no circamstances to any understanding with the pres as he has no and declares continue he much against his will, says ent Cuban government faith in it CITRUS GROWERS ORGANIZE | AT ST. PETERSBURG. St. Petershurg, June 18, -At a meeting of the Citrus Growers held lin the city hall yesterday morning {the following growers were elected- ed to serve the association as direct- ors for the coming year, | A E. Hoxie, Geo O Osborn, W E | Heathcote, R E Ludwig, W W | Birchfield, R. Veillard, L. M. Ander- son, G. W. Stahl and James Henry (ORDER OF EAGLES N CONVENTION AT AUGUSTA (By Associated Press.) Augusta, Ga , fun Represen- tetives of the F nal Order of Eazles from the S 7 North and Jouth Carolina, Georzia, Florida and | urrivie re today for daye (or ' “ the order | bezinning tonigh certainly none that related to loal | sparkman asserted that he | case he ! will | will he come | BOOSEVELT HANDS 00T HOT ONES SPEECH AT ALL " LT NGt CHARGES REPUBLICAN NATION- | AL COMMITTEE WITH POLIT- j ICAL T!{EFT TAFT PARTY 10 STEL, T00 Says Issue a Great Moral One, and Taft's Triumph Would Mean Com- mission of Great Crime. | | | i Aszociated Press.) Chicago, June 18 At the Roose- velt rally at the Auditorium last night ‘Theodore Roosevelt. addressed 1 immense andience discussing the various matters pertaining to hiscan- dudaey and thy campaign leading up to the convention. Mr. Roosevelt sitid in part: “My Friends wens: | oaddress low Republic By and Fellow Citi- you as o my fel- us, but 1 alse primarily address tellow Americans, fellow citizens, for this has now become much more than an ordinary tight. The isue is both sim- pler and larger than that involved in the personality of any man, or than that involved in any factional, or in any ordinary party contest. We are stunding for the great fundamental rights upon which all suceessful free sovernment must be based. Wy are standing for ¢ ntary decency in politics. We are fighting for hounesty against naked robbery; and where robbery is concerned, the all-import- ant question is not the identity of the man robbed, but the crime it- self. “As far as Mr. Taft and I are per- sonally concerned, it little matters what the fate of either may be.. But with Mr. Taft's asquiescence of by his direction, and in his interest, his fol- lowers have raised an issue which is all important to this country. It is not a partisan issue; it is morg than a political issue; it is a great mora! issne. If we condone political theft, it we do not resent the kinds of wrong and injustice that will injur- ionsly affect the whole nation, that you o as not morely our Democratic form of !;,mun ment, but our civilization it- self cia endure 1 methods adopted [ by the national committee are ap- proved by the comvention which s j..huul to assemble o creat crime will Bave been commiitod Il niph ol such procecdings at the momen! vould mean the wreck of the Repah Bean oty and it cuch procecdings qu Lo habitaal, it would mean th koof popular sovernment The x ot of the Tatt Teaders in the na “‘lhh‘ll committes, taken witl v tive aid of Mr Tatt's pri T Jtary and one of My Taft’s cabinet tothicers are monstrous andthey shonld e indignantiy mdemned by the moral sentiment of the whole conn- ry Tonieht we come together to protest against a crime which strikes fetraight at the heart of every prin- and hon- which represents treas- ciple of political decency jesty, a crime jon to the people, and th, usurpation lof the irresponsible politica) bosses, inspired sovercignty of the people by | by the sinister influences of moneyed privilege. We, here in this hall, are engaged not only in a fight for the rights of every decent Republican we are engaged in a fight for the rights of every decent American whatsoever his party may be And oh, my friends, for one thing at least we should be profoundly grateful. We jare more fortunate than our fathers |in that there is no slightest tinge of sectionalism in the fight we are now waging The principles for which we stand are as vital for the south | as fer the north, for the cast as for {the west We r appeal to all honest. far<ighted and patriotic Americans, 1o matter whers they 'mm d.\ 1 i n Febraary last 1 made up T vind that it was my duty to en- ‘| 1 t‘xv f 1, it was after long d lca i liberation I had be |,u.v vinood that Mr. Taft had defi arn ompletely abandoned ti cans he people and had sur (Continued on Page 4)